Kevin,
You may have hit the nail on the head, I have checked the loco again  and it looks like the left hand side front driver has the weight moved, problem is all the weights are horizontal and therefore the screws are hidden by the conrods. the front 2 L/h drivers are locked and will not move up and down on their guides so no play there,  any suggestions prior to brute force and ignorance???
BTW thank you!

Casey 

Hi can anyone shed some light on this, Last summer I purchased a new outside frame consolidation Locomotive I was impressed by the size and the detail, though a small part was broken in transit so the oilers do not move on one side. first time out I went very cautiously around the mainline confident that all would be OK as everything else did. (even the LGB drovers caboose which generally finds the tight spots)
I found a good 6-7 spots where clearance became an issue and sorted all out except one which entailed widening the bridge over the pond, anyway when I cleaned out the pond this year I widened the bridge as well.
So out comes the Connie, this time all was well so several slow circuits later and the engineer opened the regulator a little all still okay so again the engineer opens the regulator a little more, now we are doing approx 40 mph ( scale) and on the 3rd circuit at that speed it came to dead halt.
After checking power etc the diagnosis is the loco is seized solid, has anyone else had this experience?? has anyone got an exploded view so I can remove the chassis and check it out?
On checking underneath it appears that springing on the drivers is not as it should be. I am not to pleased the loco has actually done only 7 circuits or 5 scale miles.
this has affected my decision upon purchasing a K27.
Any help would be greatly appreciated ( needless to say sending the thing back to the states is not an option as the postage is darn near the cost of a new loco).

Well I guess I am another of the 61 who would notice the difference, and no I had not heard about the Forney till I read your post either.
My opinion, I think it is a pity that these loco's are so large, I have a mixture of LGB, Aristo & Bachmann and I would have been great to have dual gauge track with the narrow gauge range to the 1;22 on say 32mm track.
I purchased a Connie ( more of that later) and it fouled on everything even though my LGB Mikado and A-B-A diesel set clear it all. Still now I have altered the clearances I would hope anything will go round.
As for the price I think that Bachmann are now the market leaders as LGB is rubbish in comparison, however I have not had the problems with ANY LGB loco that I have had with the Connie so from that viewpoint they are overpriced unless the reliability is sorted out.